THEODORE, Alabama—When Nicolas Cage walked into Kaboom Fireworks in Theodore on Wednesday, July 3, it took employee Robbie Rogers a few minutes to realize that a certified superstar was in her family's store.

"I stopped what I was doing, and I was like 'Wait a minute, you have got to be kidding me!'" Rogers recalled. "He's like our top actor -my sister's, mine and my daughter's. We love him to death. He's good at whatever he plays' bad guy, good guy... I don't think there's a movie he's been in that we don't like."

Apparently Cage, who was on a break from shooting the explosive crime thriller "Tokarev" in Mobile, intended to spend some quality Fourth of July boom time with his family.

Rogers said Cage's wife, Alice, and son, Kal-El, eventually joined him inside Kaboom.

"They were all nice," Rogers said. "The son was well behaved."

Before Alice and Kal-El entered Kaboom, Rogers said she approached Cage and asked if he was indeed who she suspected. He answered in the affirmative and shook her hand.

"I didn't know what to say," Rogers said. "Normally I can pretty much say what I need to say and do what I need to do, (but) I just walked off."

The starstruck saleswoman managed to work up the nerve to assist Cage in his shopping.

She said he purchased an "Armageddon" fireworks kit.

"They were going to shoot them off on Dauphin Island," Rogers said.

As Cage prepared to leave, Rogers asked if she could snap his picture. Cage consented.

Rogers added that this year marks Kaboom's tenth anniversary and Cage's surprise appearance has made it "our best anniversary ever."

The excitement Cage generated at Kaboom didn't end when he departed. Rogers said that on Thursday, July 4th, customers kept asking to see the Cage pic Rogers had on her cell phone.

She said several of the customers insisted it was just a lookalike, to which she responded, "Nah, I've seen his credit card. I touched it. It's him."

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In other "Tokarev" news, this weekend's downtown Mobile road-closings for the filming of a car chase scene have been postponed. Click here for more information.